Railway brace



J. G. MUELLER RAILWAY BRACE Filed March 22 192s Patented Mar. 25, 1924}.

NITED s r JOHN G. MUELLER, or DAYTON, 0x110.

RAILWAY BRACE.

Application filed March 22, 1923, Serial No. 626,965.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. MUELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Braces, of which the following is a specifica- ,7

a railway rail, the view being enlarged tomore clearly illustrate the parts.

Figure 2 is a view showing a pair of rails in cross section with my improved brace in elevation and shown applied to both rails.

In the drawings I have illustrated the conventional railway rail comprising a base 1, with a web 2 and a tread 3, the latter being formed with the usual ball 4, being the part at the side and on the under surface of the rail tread.

The numeral 5 designates a tie rod which is used by means of threaded portions 6, nuts 7 and washers 8, to clamp the various members of the brace in their relation to the rail, and to each other; and which tie rod will preferably extend from rail to rail, as indicated in Figure 2, so as to afford a means, with its threaded portions, nuts and washers, to not only clamp the brace members with relation to themselves and to the rail, but also perform the further oflice of interconnecting or bracing one rail with respect to the other.

Referring to Figure 1, it will be seen that my brace comprises outer braces, designated 9, adapted at their upper inclined ends 10, to bear against and support the ball of the rail and to preferably contact, as at 11, with the web near its upper edges; and having practically vertical portions 12 bored out to receive the tie rod 5; The nuts 7 force the washers 8 against these outer braces 9 and cause them to vimpinge solidly against the balls of the rail.

Inner braces 15 intervene between the outer braces 9 and the base and web of the rail and extend downward and form portions 16 below the rail base. These inner braces are also bored out to receive the tie rod 5.

It will be seen that not only do the inner braces brace and strengthen the outer braces but that they impinge and forcibly fit against the rail web so as to brace the web from movement and vibration in lateral directions.

A filler block 17 forms a support for the rail base, is fitted on the tie rod 5 and clamped directly by the inner braces with which it has an inclined line of contact shown at 16 Therefore when the clamping effect is exerted, the filler block 17 is not only firmly held but given a tendency to move slightly upward against the bottom of the rail base to the extent permitted by the slightly greater diameter of the bore in the filler block as indicated by the dotted line 16", as compared with the diameter of the, tie rod 5.

The extensions 13 of the outer braces 9 are combined with an adjustable screw 14: revolubly mounted in one of the braces, provided with a collar 14 and screw threaded at 15 to enter the threaded orifice 17 a in the outer brace 9. By the application of a wrench to the adjustable screw the lower ends of the braces 9 may be set with respect to each other in a manner to not only resist the effect of the tightening nuts 7, but to spread the lower ends slightly apart, and in crease the grip of the upper ends of the braces on the rail, by the manipulation of this oneadjustable screw instead of the manipulation of both nuts 7.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a form of brace whose components clamp the rail at the ball, near the upper part of the web, on the lower part of the web and upper part of the base, and sustain it at the bottom of the base.

It will be further observed that through the office of the adjustable screw I am enabled to, due to the leverage afi'orded by the length of extensions 13 of the braces 9, to further increase the clamping effect of the different members on the rail.

Then, as the tie rod extends from rail to rail and is equipped with the components of this improved brace for action on each rail, the rails are held with reference to each other, by the rod, and each rail is held by the clamping members.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a railway brace, the combination with a pair of outer braces having upper ends adapted for contact with the rail ball, and lower parts, an adjustable screw carried by the lower parts and adapted to act on them for adjustment purposes inner braces Within the outer braces, and a filler block adapted to form a rail chair located within the inner braces, of a tie rod having adjustable nuts adapted also to adjust'the' outer braces.

2. In a railway brace, the combination with a tie rod, of a pair of outer-braces mounted on the rod and extended above'and below it, the upper portionsadapted to contact with the ball and web of a rail, inner braces also mounted on the tie rod and having upper and lower portions, the upper adapted" to fit between the outer braces and the web and base of the rail, a filler block mounted on the tie rod and located between the lower members of the inner braces and adapted to form a chair for the rail base, and'an adjustable screw carried by the lower members of the outer braces and adapted to spread them.

3. In a railway brace, the combination with a tie rod having clamping nuts, an outer brace and an innerbrace mounted on the rod at each side "of the railland adapted to'c'lamp portions of a rail, and an adjustable-screw carried by the outerbraces and 35 adapted to spread them apart.

Intestimony whereof, I afiix my signature. JGHN G. MUELLER. 

